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US executive search firm Slayton Search Partners has appointed Jay D’Aprile as senior vice-president in its Chicago office.

Online recruitment services provider Optimal Internet has appointed Adam Dungworth as account manager of the job multi-posting software Logic Melon division.

Speculation is mounting that the government will announce a windfall tax on bankers’ bonuses in Wednesday’s Pre-Budget Report.

On Sunday, Alistair Darling told the BBC: “We are not going to be held to ransom by people who believe you can pay extraordinarily high bonuses without regard to what’s going on.”

A change to the existing national minimum wage (NMW) regulations and how they apply to Travel and Subsistence schemes would not be the best solution, according to Brian White, tax partner with accounting firm Deloitte.

The Work Foundation, an independent authority on work and its future, has published a paper analysing how far the UK is from recovery and what policies are required to bring it about.

UK manufacturing employment declined for the 20th consecutive month in December but the rate of reduction was the weakest since May 2008.

Under 35s are more likely to be off work due to being ‘under the weather’, according to new research from recruitment outsourcing firm Elemense.

The research shows that under 35s are twice as likely as their older colleagues to be off work in the winter because they are ‘under the weather’ and were also twice as likely to stay late at work due to darker evenings.

Korn/Ferry International has bought Sensa Solutions, a provider of management consulting to US federal government agencies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sensa provides strategic planning, training, executive coaching and other services.

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